Cable cash-carrier.



No. 870,756. ,RATRNTRD N07. 12, 1907.

G. A. AMsDRN.

CABLE GAASR CARRIER. APPIOATION FILED APR. 3.1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. AMSDEN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A COR- PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CABLE CASH-CARRIER.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application iiled April 3. 1905. Serial No. 253.459.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. AMsnnN, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable Cash-Carriers, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in cable carriers and its object is to provide means for preventing the carrier on a vertical line from dropping down the line before its attachment to the cable.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a construction embodying my invention, Figure lA is a side view of a portion of a cable system showing the carrierheld in position for attachment to the cable. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the carrier attached to the cable.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the views.

A represents two opposite rails of the vertical portion of a cable cash carrier system, said rails forming a track ior the carriers. The rails are cut awayat B and the ends are secured together by the brackets C. There is a suitable bracket D for the rails A and to said bracket are secured the lugs E in which is mounted the shaft F suitably held in place. 'On said shaft are two sleeves G which are adapted to slide on said shaft and are normally held in their inward position by the spring I-I. To these lugs are secured the opposite plates .I secured to the rails A so that when the spring H draws the sleeves G inwardly the plates .I tend to press the rails A toward one another, so that when a carrier is inserted in a manner Well known in the art through the openingsB the said carrier passes to the position shown in Fig. l with the plate N on one side of the rails and the body of the carrier on the other side of the rails, and the carrier is held by the rails A owing to their being drawn inward by the spring H, and thus the carrier cannot descend until the lever K of the box K is operated to cause the grips L to open and close upon the cable M, and when said cable is engaged by the grips L the carrier is drawn downwardly by the cable and forces outwardly the rails A and spreads out the spring into the position shown in Fig. 2 thereby allowing the carrier to descend after its attachment to the cable. It is obvious that the shaft F, sleeves G and spring H are offset on the bracket D so that the carrier or box K/ can freely pass the above parts.

The box is of the ordinary construction well known in the art and it is not ,thought necessary to go into a detailed description of same. This construction is fully illustrated and described in patent issued to the Lamson Consolidated Store Service Company of Newark, New-Jersey, assignee of James T. Cowley, on August 9, 1898, No. 608954, to which reference may be had for an understanding of this carrier.

l do not limit myself to the arrangement and construction shown as the same may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and set forth a construction embodying the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. In a cable carrier, rails on which the carrier is adapted to travel and arranged vertically, a traveling cable, and means at the sub-stations for holding the carrier until it is gripped to the cable.

2. In a cable carrier, rails on which the carrier is adapted to travel and arranged vertically, a traveling cable, and means at the sub-stations for drawing the rails iuward to hold said carrier until it is gripped to the cable.

3. In :l cable carrier, rails on which the carrier is adapted to travel and arranged vertically, a travelingl cable, and yielding means at the sub-stations for drawingl the rails inward to hold said carrier until it is gripped to the cable.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses, this 31st day of March A. D. 1905.

GEORGE A. AMSDEN.

Witnesses:

E. L. HARLow, A. L. Mnssnn. 

